FRI 27 // TODAY’S ATTRACTIONS

In the small West Bank village of Bil’in, Emad Burnat buys his first videocamera to begin documenting the life of his new born son. What followed became a deeply personal first hand account of the villagers’ struggle to prevent the building of an Israeli security fence. Presented by Last Frame Film Club.

Because Music and Rough Trade present a special evening to celebrate the release of the 120 BPM Soundtrack on CD and LP. The evening includes a full screening of 120 BPM, followed by a Q&A with soundtrack composer Arnaud Rebotini and writer & DJ, Bill Brewster. The evening ends with a DJ set by Arnaud Rebotini.

Simon secretly loves Camille. But Camille falls for Marc, a handsome estate agent, who is also Simon’s boss, trying to sell an apartment to Odile, Camille’s sister… Alain Resnais’s amorous merry-go-round is full of wit and interspersed with French hit songs, sung in situ by top acting talents.

FRI 27 // TODAY’S GRIND SHOWS

During a huge storm, five travellers find themselves stranded in the Welsh mountains and are drawn towards a deserted house run by a sinister brother and sister and their mute butler (played by legendary horror star Boris Karloff). Forced to stay overnight, our heroes discover that the old, dark house contains a number of secrets, and they must keep their wits about them if they’re going to survive.

In a forgotten region in the North of Argentina, a community of Mennonites live the same simple and pious lifestyle as their forefathers did in 18th Century Germany. There are no phones, TV or radio here, and there is certainly no internet. Speaking low German instead of Spanish and learning only the bible and the catechism in their school, the colony resist interference from the outside world, but is it really possible to refuse progress?

In South Africa, Xolani, a disgruntled a factory worker, returns home every year to initiate a new group of Xhosa teenagers into manhood through ritual circumcision. Tradition and modernity clash when he encounters Kwanda, a city boy with nothing but contempt for the old ways, who quickly guesses at Xolani’s darkest secret.

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Featured attraction: THE ILLUSIONIST at Classic Cinema Club – Ealing (27 APR).